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Total Respond.^ |
1 or more times/day | 1 or more times/week | 1 or more times/month | 1 or more times/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,798 | 1,306 | 71.9 | 69.1-74.5 | 314 | 17.9 | 15.7-20.3 | 34 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 | 11 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.8 | 133 | 7.8 | 6.3- 9.7 |
-Piedmont NC | 959 | 703 | 73.4 | 69.6-76.9 | 148 | 15.3 | 12.6-18.4 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 76 | 8.4 | 6.2-11.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 377 | 263 | 69.8 | 63.3-75.5 | 62 | 16.5 | 12.2-21.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.8 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 39 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.5 |
Female | 582 | 440 | 76.9 | 72.7-80.6 | 86 | 14.2 | 11.2-17.9 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 | 37 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 698 | 504 | 71.9 | 67.2-76.1 | 112 | 16.1 | 12.9-20.0 | 19 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.8 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 | 57 | 8.8 | 6.0-12.6 |
African American | 234 | 181 | 78.2 | 71.1-84.0 | 32 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 15 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.1 |
Other Minorities | 23 | 14 | 62.3 | 38.0-81.7 | 4 | 17.6 | 5.5-44.0 | 1 | 8.1 | 1.2-40.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 12.0 | 4.2-29.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 20 | 7 | 42.7 | 20.2-68.7 | 4 | 19.4 | 6.0-47.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.6-24.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 31.2 | 13.6-56.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 937 | 694 | 74.2 | 70.3-77.7 | 144 | 15.2 | 12.5-18.4 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.2 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.8 | 69 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 3 | 3 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 26 | 12 | 40.5 | 19.5-65.6 | 6 | 17.9 | 6.7-39.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.9 | 0.2-12.7 | 7 | 39.7 | 15.8-69.8 |
35-44 | 61 | 38 | 65.5 | 49.8-78.4 | 13 | 24.2 | 13.2-40.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.5-10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.2 |
45-54 | 167 | 130 | 76.4 | 66.6-84.0 | 23 | 15.5 | 9.0-25.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 10 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.0 |
55-64 | 282 | 214 | 78.3 | 72.2-83.4 | 42 | 13.4 | 9.4-18.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 20 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.8 |
65-74 | 255 | 191 | 76.9 | 70.4-82.3 | 37 | 12.7 | 8.8-18.0 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 16 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.2 |
75+ | 163 | 113 | 68.2 | 59.0-76.1 | 27 | 17.0 | 11.3-24.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.0 | 17 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 240 | 187 | 73.0 | 63.4-80.8 | 27 | 13.5 | 8.1-21.5 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 20 | 11.6 | 6.1-21.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 300 | 215 | 73.4 | 67.0-78.9 | 53 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.7 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 5.0 | 22 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 210 | 156 | 75.8 | 68.5-81.9 | 33 | 15.0 | 10.2-21.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 15 | 7.5 | 4.3-12.6 |
College Graduate | 206 | 143 | 72.1 | 64.3-78.7 | 35 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.5 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 | 19 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 180 | 142 | 77.7 | 69.3-84.2 | 21 | 11.0 | 6.8-17.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 | 14 | 10.2 | 5.6-17.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 202 | 146 | 70.3 | 60.1-78.8 | 31 | 14.5 | 9.5-21.6 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.6 | 19 | 12.3 | 5.8-24.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 118 | 86 | 74.6 | 63.9-83.0 | 19 | 15.9 | 9.3-25.7 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 99 | 70 | 71.3 | 60.0-80.5 | 20 | 20.2 | 12.4-31.2 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 97 | 70 | 71.5 | 58.4-81.8 | 21 | 22.6 | 13.2-35.9 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.7 |
$75,000+ | 84 | 57 | 71.3 | 59.2-81.0 | 12 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.9 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.8 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.9 | 8 | 9.4 | 4.5-18.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 545 | 410 | 75.7 | 70.6-80.2 | 83 | 14.0 | 10.9-17.7 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 39 | 8.2 | 5.0-13.0 |
No | 399 | 282 | 70.2 | 64.2-75.6 | 62 | 17.2 | 12.7-22.8 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.9 | 36 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 177 | 126 | 74.2 | 66.2-80.8 | 28 | 14.9 | 9.8-22.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.7 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.8 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.7-13.0 |
Non-Veteran | 782 | 577 | 73.2 | 68.8-77.2 | 120 | 15.4 | 12.4-19.0 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.0 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.1 | 59 | 8.5 | 6.0-12.1 |
Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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